…it all begins with paper!

Author: jplorikeet

Each month Close To My Heart offers a special stamp set available that month only.
You can purchase the Stamp of the Month at full retail price or at a discount with a qualifying purchase – December Stamp Of The Month is super festive and sweet.

S1812 CANDY CANE ALPHABET

Perfect for titles on your scrapbooking pages.
On this Close To My Heart page layout they have White Embossed
the 2 titles which really makes it stand out on the coloured cardstock.

Christmas cards are fun to make with a number of different colours stamped using the same letters.

Add fun and colour to titles and cards using this exclusive stamp set available throughout December only!

To see this and many more products from Close To My Heart visit my on-line shop

This October I held a Techniques Class and shared how to use a range of our
Close To My Heart Tools – everyone had a chance to create fun samplers to take home to use on their page layouts and with their cardmaking.

Here’s a list of some of the tools we used at the class:

Thin Cuts – Decorative Borders (Z4241)

Texture Paste (Z4245) Palette Knives (Z4247)

Shimmer Brushes – Assorted Colours page 139 of our catalogue

Thin Cuts – Fancy Tags (Z4305)

Watercolour Paints (Z4242) Paintbrush Set (Z3188)

Embossing Powders – Assorted Colours page 141 of our catalogue

Thin Cuts – Favour Box (Z4173)

Below is some of the creative fun we had.

The Thin Cuts – Decorative Borders are so versatile, they come in a pack of 10 metal dies which gives you a never ending supply of decorative borders to use on all of your paper crafting projects

This ‘Pull Tab’ border is big time fun!
Teamed with the “Just A Little Something” stamp set (C1730) you can get creative with cards and envelopes by combining the interactive ‘Pull Tab’ from the Decorative Border with this cute stamp set. Imagine writing a special message for your children at Christmas time and popping it inside a card, then they open it Christmas day!
SO many options!

Of course you wouldn’t see a technique/creative post from me if it doesn’t have a tag in it!
The Thin Cuts – Fancy Tags are just exquisite. With 10 different tags to choose from you will always have the right size tag at your fingertips.

Another tag from our Fancy Tag set, this time, I used the Mint Shimmer Brush to colour in our gorgeous Hedgehugs stamp. The Shimmer Brushes come in 6 wonderful colours Gold, Mint, Sugarplum, Red, Black and Clear – there is a colour for every project!

Our Thin Cuts – Favour Box is adorable and very useful for gift giving. Here you see I’ve teamed them with tags from our Thin Cuts – Fancy Tags. I love how all our creative tools work together AND you can create in your favourite paper colours.

A fun, favorite of all the girls who attended, was these sweet tassels.
Using another of our Decorative Borders, you can use this border to create flairs for your projects OR roll them up to create tassels – I LOVE IT,
it’s like an never ending use for all these borders.

I hope you enjoyed looking at a few ideas from my techniques classes.
There is so much fun to be had with our Close To My Heart products.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Close To My Heart has brought back the My Ribbon Warrior stamp set and the coordinating Thin Cuts bundle at a 20% discount.

Show your support for loved ones and friends with meaningful, heartfelt artwork made using these exclusive items.

You can purchase the
Ribbon Warrior stamp set with the Thin Cut CC101817 set for $36.00
OR
you can purchase just the Ribbon Warrior stamp set CC101816 on it’s own for $18.00

Not just for Breast Cancer …this stamp set is versatile and you can send your support to loved ones for any of these causes, check out this chart for other coloured ribbons associated with other cancers.

Show your support for loved ones and friends with meaningful, heartfelt artwork
made using this set.
Only available 1–31 October while supplies last.

With NO stamping at all, you’ll be creating in the comfort of your own home, 10 beautiful cards to celebrate the 2018 Christmas season with your family and friends.

These 10 cards are all embellished with the ‘Tis The Season Complements kit, there is no stamping – this makes for quick and easy card making! The workshop guide includes a coloured photo, cutting guides and assembly instructions. Below is a list of products used with this card workshop.

This October Close To My Heart has the best Christmas Sparkle special – combine it in a shaker card and I’m in crafty heaven!

Shake things up this Christmas with the Holiday Sparkle kit.
ALL pieces are pre-cut – how cool is that! NO CUTTING AT ALL.

The kit contains enough product to create 12 Christmas Shaker Cards
(YES, shake it! I’m in crafty heaven!) they’re pretty cute and a gorgeous size of 5″x 7″ AND it includes 12 – 5″ x 7″ envelopes you can decorate with the stickers in this kit.

You can purchase this kit with 12 Shaker Cards for just $47.00 (CC10189)
that works out to under $4.00 per card
OR
you can purchase this kit in a bundle with this cute
“Love with All the Trimmings” stamp set,
specially designed to further customise the insides of your cards,and get a 20% discount – nomally $76.70 it’s yours for just $60.50 (CC101810)

…just love the stamp set?

Purchase the ‘Love with All The Trimmings’ stamp set on it’s own.
A set of 25 stamps for $29.50 (CC10188)

Join my Shaker Card Class 24th and 26th October
and create a couple of these gorgeous shaker cards and more – bookings essential
email me for more details jplorikeet@bigpond.com

NOTE: This Holiday Sparkle Special and stamp set is only available 1-31 October 2018and while stocks last.

I used the Boutique Paper Pack, Glacier and Charcoal Cardstock and Durable Triangle Studs to embellish my card. Note: my go to tool to help me create these shaker cards (and ALL my crafting projects) is the Close To My Heart Tweezers (Z1382) – a tool I can’t live without, they’re like my third pair of hands when crafting!